Weed guard for artificial lures



1952 J. E. WADLINGTON ETAL 2,612,715

WEED GUARD FOR ARTIFICIAL LURES Filed July 26, 1948 Fig.3.

James E. Wad/Ingma- Raymond .S'finniff IN V EN TORJ- Q0165.

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Patented Oct. 7,1952

GUARD -iW -MJFWI Li e as Wadiiiitmoeue Tenn; andRaymend.Stinnitt;Lexington, Ky., as'signors of. onc

1 fourth to Betti I .and quickly attached in'position to an: artificial lure without necessitating any changes or alterations in the construction thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide an'attaching clip for the weed guard by means of which the same may be attached to the body of the lure and to the eye'of the fish hook forming the lure and including Weed deflecting prongs carried by theclip.

A still further object is to provide means for pivotally attaching the prongs to the clip of the weed guard whereby to enable the prongs to swing freely in a' direction to prevent interference with the striking of a fish at the lure.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable in operation, relatively inexpensive tolmanufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as. more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout and ,in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Figure 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectiona View of the clip shown attached to the eye, of a fish hook; v

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional .view taken substantially on a line 3-4 of Figure 2;. and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the weed guard removed from the lure.

Referring now to the drawing in detail where-- in for the purpose of illustration we have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a fish lure of a conventional type and which includes a hook 6 having a substantially bulbous body portion 1 adjacent. its front end and an attaching eye 8 at the front end of the hook forwardly of the body. The body portion 1 has an arcuate outer surface (Figure 3). Feathers or hairs 9 project rearwardly from the body to partially conceal the rear or bill portion of the hook 6.

A conventional type of connector I0 is secured to the eye 8, the connector being of the safety pin type and including a resilient pin ll locked to the shank of the connector by a coil spring l2. A spinner i3 is rotatably mounted at the r Wadlington, Celina, Tenn. Application in 2c,194s;iser'ia1iid.

front end'of the connector and forwardly there-i of is a line attaching eye M. A weight-or ballast I5 is mountedon the connector at its starter: tion and'immediatel'yin "frontof the eye 8. I The subject matt'e'r'of the present invention comprises a'weed guard member l6 and it ineludes a clip H having a lower trough I8 of arcuate cross 'sectional form and positioned under th bOdy .7. An eye 8 is at one end of the hook 6 and is located at oneend of the clip ll. An upperv plate or jaw [9 of the clip I! overlies the eye 8, the jaw l9 being bifurcated at its rear end andhaving its extremities rolled to provide eyes 20which areincontactwith the top of the body l. The front end of clip I? is formed with a vertical :slot 21 to receive the I I wardly and rearwardly in the bearings 20 and v the crotch portion of'the member 22 is bent. rearwardly between the eyes or bearings 20 to form a stop or arm 24 which rests on top of body 1 of the lure to support the prongs 23 in a rearwardly inclined position when the lure is drawn through the water, as shown in Figure 2.

Accordingly, in the operation of the device weeds will be deflected from the hook 6 to prevent entanglement therewith and when a fish though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimedjas new is:

1. A weed guard for an artificial lure having a body with an arcuate outer surface, said guard comprising a clip provided with atrough at one end, the arcuate surface of said body,

body of the lure, a substantially V-shaped guard having a crotch and a portion adjacent to said.

crotch being pivoted in said bearing eyes for forward and rearward swinging movement, and a rearwardly projecting stop: formed at the crotch of the guard and bearing against the a body of the lure to hold the guard in a rearwardly inclined position and to press the lures;

body 7 in said trough.

2. The weed guard of claim 1' and a fish hooky having a shank portion centrally ,located -iwsaidi body and held in position thereby" undentne;

influence of the prongs of'th'e v-shapede'guard when said V-shaped guard is swung irror ec li-rv rection by water pressure as the weed guard'is drawn through water whereby said step presses 1' against said body of the lure, urging it into firm nested relation with said trough; so. that thebarb: .of the -hook will occupy, az-position. so :as to be-o protected-by said V'-shaped guard-..-

g 7 JAMES WADLING'I-ON.-

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